Follow live developments as EU finance ministers are to meet in Brussels where the threat of tariffs on countries opposed to Donald Trump's plans for Greenland looms large.

Europe is preparing countermeasures against US President Donald Trump's "blackmail" after he threatened tariffs against several countries over their opposition to his designs on Greenland, Germany's vice chancellor has said.

At least 39 people were killed ⁠after a high-speed train derailed and collided with an oncoming one in southern Spain last night, marking the worst railway accident in the country since 2013.

Serious concerns have been raised about Ireland's childcare system, with severe shortages of social workers and vulnerable children being left in unsuitable accommodation among the issues cited by the Child Law Project.

Seven people have had curative surgery as part of the first pilot Lung Health Check Programme of its kind, funded by the Irish Cancer Society (ICS), with another seven patients due to have surgery in the next month.